CVE-2017-3141: Windows service and uninstall paths are not quoted when BIND is installed

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-428

Description

The BIND installer on Windows uses an unquoted service path which can enable a local user to achieve privilege escalation if the host file system permissions allow this. Affects BIND 9.2.6-P2->9.2.9, 9.3.2-P1->9.3.6, 9.4.0->9.8.8, 9.9.0->9.9.10, 9.10.0->9.10.5, 9.11.0->9.11.1, 9.9.3-S1->9.9.10-S1, 9.10.5-S1.

Affected products

ISC BIND: from 9.2.6 through 9.2.9; from 9.3.2 through 9.3.6; from 9.4.0 through 9.8.8; from 9.9.0 through 9.9.10; from 9.10.0 through 9.10.5; from 9.11.0 through 9.11.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99089
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038693
https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01496
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0001/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42121/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99089
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038693
https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01496
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0001/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42121/

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